CVE-2022-48975
gpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev()
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev()
Here is a backtrace report about memory leak detected in
gpiochip_setup_dev():
unreferenced object 0xffff88810b406400 (size 512):
comm "python3", pid 1682, jiffies 4295346908 (age 24.090s)
backtrace:
kmalloc_trace
device_add device_private_init at drivers/base/core.c:3361
(inlined by) device_add at drivers/base/core.c:3411
cdev_device_add
gpiolib_cdev_register
gpiochip_setup_dev
gpiochip_add_data_with_key
gcdev_register() & gcdev_unregister() would call device_add() &
device_del() (no matter CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV is enabled or not) to
register/unregister device.
However, if device_add() succeeds, some resource (like
struct device_private allocated by device_private_init())
is not released by device_del().
Therefore, after device_add() succeeds by gcdev_register(), it
needs to call put_device() to release resource in the error handle
path.
Here we move forward the register of release function, and let it
release every piece of resource by put_device() instead of kfree().
While at it, fix another subtle issue, i.e. when gc->ngpio is equal
to 0, we still call kcalloc() and, in case of further error, kfree()
on the ZERO_PTR pointer, which is not NULL. It's not a bug per se,
but rather waste of the resources and potentially wrong expectation
about contents of the gdev->descs variable.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-08-22 CVE Reserved
- 2024-10-21 CVE Published
- 2024-10-26 EPSS Updated
- 2024-11-04 CVE Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (4)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/159f3cd92f17c61a4e2a47456de5865b114ef88e | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.6 < 5.15.83 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.6 < 5.15.83" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.6 < 6.0.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.6 < 6.0.13" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.6 < 6.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.6 < 6.1" | en |
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